My Days Running a Supermarket in the Apocalypse

Meanwhile, the high-level conference room at Hope Base, the closest facility to Lucky Supermarket, was bustling with activity.

The leadership team was all considering the information brought by Lin Rou.

The discussion was lively and intense.

This woman named Lin Rou was brought back by the captain of the fourth team a week ago.

They want the base to welcome anyone with superpowers with open arms.

If you check in, all fees will be halved.

Lin Rou is a woman of skill.

Although it's only a first-tier healing ability, it's only been a few days, yet he has already successfully risen to the position of a core member of the fourth team.

The Hope Base's team of superhumans consists of seven squads, primarily responsible for venturing out to find various usable resources.

There are also several teams of ordinary, strong, and healthy people responsible for routine operations such as patrolling and guarding within the base.

Other survivors who want to stay at the base need to pay for crystal cores. The base has its own canteen, supply department, and mission exchange department.

Hope Base wasn't large, but it still had six or seven hundred survivors.

The leader was a man sitting upright in the middle of the conference table; he had sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, and regular features.

"Captain Chu, what do you think?"

Seeing that his boss was in a daze, Zhang Chi, the captain of the fourth team, asked again.

Chu He quickly glanced at Lin Rou, his cold gaze sending chills down one's spine.

"Send a small team to investigate the reliability of the information first."

Lin Rou felt very uncomfortable with that cold and sinister gaze, so she lowered her head and squeezed herself behind Zhang Chi.

"Fourth Brother, Rou Rou didn't lie, you can believe me."

Although Lin Rou did not see the location of Lucky Supermarket in person, she had indeed seen Shan Nai.

As a newcomer to the base's superpowered squad, how could she gain a foothold if she didn't demonstrate something useful?

Hearing Zhang Chi mention the recent shortage of supplies, Li Jianan remembered the Lucky Supermarket that he had wanted to go to before.

Zhang Chi laughed a few times, then grasped her small hand. "Of course your fourth brother trusts you. It's alright, our boss is steady and reliable. I'll handle this. Rou Rou, lead the way!"

Zhang Chi was a rough and unrefined man, tall and strong, and he was known for his crude and uncouth manner of speaking and acting.

But he seemed like a completely different person when it came to Lin Rou, and he believed everything she said without question.

Zhang Chi thought that when he transferred Lin Rou to the fourth team, many of the other team members were dissatisfied. If Lin Rou's information was true this time, then it would be considered a meritorious service.

None of the other team leaders around the conference table objected; none of them wanted to waste their time on a woman.

None of them believed what Lin Rou said.

Everyone agreed that Zhang Chi had been deceived, so he offered to go and find out more information, which they readily accepted.

It's a supermarket, too.

The available resources in the entire city of A are pitifully scarce. What kind of fool would be willing to set up a supermarket to sell supplies?

Believe in her ghost.

Chuhe tacitly agreed.

If this news is false, it'll be a good wake-up call for Zhang Chi; this woman probably has her own agenda.

If it's true, that would be best.

Everyone needs supplies.

……

Inside the supermarket, the three of them watched with great interest as Xiao 9 organized the shelves.

Unfortunately, it was too quick and finished in no time.

Without hesitation, Li Jianan pulled out his membership card and a few crystal cores, and said excitedly, "Boss, recharge! Give me a box each of painkillers, hemostatic patches, and antibiotics!"

He desperately needs these medications.

The wound from his last battle with a level 3 zombie took half a month to heal, even after he forcibly stopped the bleeding with his superpower.

The pain is especially unbearable when it is late at night and all is quiet.

Shan Nai's starry eyes flickered slightly as she happily accepted the crystal core. "Okay, please wait a moment."

"Beep, beep."

As the crystal cores were exchanged and recharged, Shan Nai carefully checked the medicines on the screen and clicked on the three types that Li Jianan needed.

[Congratulations, host, you have completed the hidden mission activated within three minutes of the multi-functional medicine cabinet being restocked.]

"Is it a hidden quest? What a coincidence! Luckily, Li Jianan is here. Haha, is there a reward?"

Yamana is already very familiar with the supermarket system's reward scheme.

Yes, the supermarket shuttle bus mission has been activated.

[Completing the corresponding tasks will unlock the supermarket shuttle bus. Simply put, the host needs to find areas with many survivors, promote our supermarket, and get them to accumulate enough points through prepaid card redemption to unlock a bus parked there.]

Shan Nai was completely confused by what she heard.

Seeing that Li Jianan had bought the medicine, Song Ze couldn't resist buying the same kind as him.

He still had some respect for Li Jianan; if Brother Nan said something was good, it must be good.

Moreover, having these medications on me makes me feel much safer when I go out.

"Boss, do you have any medicine to cure zombie infection?" Song Ze suddenly asked, as if he had thought of something.

Shan Nai was still processing the educational task the system had just given her when she came to her senses and was taken aback by what she heard.

"This...do we have one?" Shan Nai asked the system in her mind first.

【Of course not! Host, wake up! We can't directly intervene in or change the course of this world. And do you understand what I just said?】

The system spoke in a tone of exasperation, both cute and fierce.

After receiving the system's answer, Shan Nai quickly waved her hand and pouted, "There's no such medicine, only ordinary antiviral drugs."

Song Ze looked visibly disappointed; he must have been out of his mind to ask that question.

After all, Lucky Supermarket was too mysterious, and Song Ze even had some wicked thoughts.

Could it be the boss...?

He secretly glanced at Shan Nai, who was tilting her head with a pair of cute cat ears on her head and had an innocent face. She seemed to be surrounded by a beautiful and kind light.

How could he be that kind of person?

Song Ze reached out and slapped himself across the face.

How could he have such thoughts?

It's possible that the small business owner has powerful superpowers, or it could be that he stockpiled a lot of supplies before the apocalypse.

This world is crazy enough, with all kinds of superhumans possessing extraordinary abilities, and both plants and animals undergoing mutations.

In comparison, opening a supermarket to sell supplies is not unreasonable.

If Shan Nai knew that Song Ze secretly suspected she could control the zombie virus, she would definitely roll her eyes at him.

She's just a cute little kitten; she wouldn't have any bad intentions.

He just wants to earn money for his retirement.

After they finished shopping, they left, while Yamana was still leaning on the checkout counter, studying how to unlock the "supermarket shuttle bus".

After reading the task requirements several times, she finally understood them.

"I understand the rules. Wait a minute, let me take another look at the requirements for upgrading to a Level 4 supermarket."

Shanna crossed her legs and lightly touched the screen with her fingertips.

"Hmm... points, 30 random tasks, 500 registered members... oh? There's also a special starred task: collect 5 different elemental energy sources... what are those 5 elemental energy sources...?"

Shan Nai couldn't help but pat her forehead; her head was throbbing.

It's a bit much to ask a simple-minded, innocent kitten to do these tasks.

[Host, don't worry, there's no time limit for any of the tasks. Let's take it slow. Collecting different elemental energies is to activate the supermarket's complete defense system. This doesn't count as part of the upgrade task. Once completed, the defensive shield on your body will be connected to the supermarket system.]

[Regarding different elemental powers, the system will provide notifications during the host's search.]

After hearing the system's reassurance and explanation, Shan Nai's eyes lit up. "The protective shield is the same as the one in the supermarket? Then I'm completely safe!"